Man charged with shooting a Burlington man during disagreement

Formal charge filed in June shooting incident in Burlington.

Des Moines County prosecutors formally charged a Fort Madison man with first-degree murder Tuesday in the killing of Marvin Sutton, but still have not revealed a specific motive in the killing.

Lenard "Ray" Polhans, 42, 1309 23rd St., Fort Madison, has been in the Des Moines County jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond on a probable cause warrant alleging he killed 35-year-old Marvin Sutton during an argument in the backyard of Sutton's home at 1609 Green St. in Burlington.